Lone support
Nicole Westmarland’s heartfelt article about the challenges of widowhood struck a chord with me: both my mother and my sister lost their husbands when they were in their early forties and raised...
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It’s a generation thing
The proportion of academic posts held by those who are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds is reported as “dropping away” with respect to leadership and more senior positions (“In the minority...
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Strive towards equilibrium
It’s refreshing to hear that once upon a time, the pendulum swung in the other direction with regard to teaching and research (“Look back in wonder: the invention of academic ‘tradition’”, Opinion,...
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Face value
Disappointing that in an issue generally highlighting the inappropriateness of Sir Tim Hunt’s comments on “girls” in laboratories, ߣߣƵ illustrated George Osborne and Vince Cable...
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Laurie Taylor – 2 July 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Director of education wins claim against former owner of St Patrick’s College for unfair dismissal
Tribunal judge notes Raj Kumaran’s ‘unblemished disciplinary record’
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Study abroad rankings ‘will encourage student mobility’
Additional internationalisation measurement would increase participation in studying overseas, says Erasmus+ director
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Universities cannot create a fair society, but can cultivate intelligence, says academic
‘Build stronger mass higher education institutions,’ professor tells Society for Research into Higher Education meeting
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Lacklustre virtual learning environments ‘need 21st-century boost’
Universities encouraged to use social media and business-orientated software to enthuse students
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Open University to grow into agile body and recapture spirit of 1969, says v-c
Peter Horrocks outlines vision in a restructure to kickstart the transformation of the institution
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Ruling forces release of Cambridge sheep research data
Information Commissioner orders university to share information with animal rights groups following FoI request
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PhD is passport to work overseas
A doctorate is the qualification most likely to lead to work overseas, data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency have revealed
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Not-so-deep impact: REF case study looks beyond cricket to pop
Oxford Brookes’ submission on Duckworth-Lewis details formula’s influence
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Twin policies risk a rebirth of dual system, warn sector figures
Universities face having to navigate two quality frameworks as Jo Johnson makes teaching excellence framework a priority amid Hefce reforms
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Oxbridge to be stripped of special funding feeding the tutorial system
Oxford and Cambridge will lose institution-specific funding from Hefce as cash is diverted to small specialist providers